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devoid of over-arching and protruding 
branches and brush. Its waters are four 
feet deep, clear as crystal, ice-cold, and 
delicious. By making headquarters at 
Webster’s, a neat log-house about five 
miles from its mouth, one can fish the 
upper and lower waters to the best ad- 
vantage. Nothing can be more delight- 
ful than a-week’s sojourn at this little 
clearing in the woods, a half mile back 
from the river. From the rustic bridge 
that crosses the stream just at this point, 
the path winds up a moderate hill 
through a hardwood and _ pine forest, in 
which large sugar maples are frequent, 
and the visitor no sooner emerges and 
catches a glimpse of the premises, than 
he feels that neatness, comfort, and good 
cheer dwell within. The surmise is 
speedily strengthened by abundant tes- 
timony. The clearing contains but a 
few acres, and the adjacent woods harbor 
numerous deer and bears. 
“Tn new countries like this, earth- 
worms have scarcely had time to aceli- 
matize or domiciliate. The angler, there- 
fore, must not depend on ‘ wums’ for 
bait. Neither is it practicable for him 
to pursue the festive grasshopper with 
baited breath. These insects do not 
forage much in these parts—at least, 
they have not for ages. Nevertheless, 
the woods furnish abundant materials 
for lures, and the sportsman needs only 
take his gun and knock over a chance 
rabbit, squirrel, or pigeon, to obtain all 
that he desires. In utilizing baits of 
meat, much ingenuity is required, and 
T’ve no doubt that the marvelous sue- 
cess of certain successful fishermen is as 
much due to their contrivances in the 
preparation of baits and flies as to the 
skillful manipulation in presenting them 
to the fish. If trout are not rising for 
their foud, trailing artificial flies upon 
the surface are not the tactics to employ. 
If they stick to the bottom, we must send 
our lurs to the bottom for them.” 
Of the Jordan much has been said. 
It is a fine stream, of large dimensions, 
discharging immense quantities of ice- 
cold water. Its course is long, and 
parties intending to fish should go up to 
Webster’s. The river lies in long reaches 
beyond, wherein the trout are found in 
abundance, the greatest inconvenience 
being the brush and sunken logs. A 
patient fisherman can fill his creel with 
fair-sized trout, with an occasional gray- 
ling or two. Below Webster’s, good 
trout fishing can be found in the mouth 
of some creeks flowing into the main 
stream. Trout fourteen and a half inches 
long have been taken in the Jordan 
below the bridge—game as the most en- 
thusiastic fisherman could desire. There 
is no need to basket fingerlings-—a care- 
ful, pa’ient fisherman. can easily take 
more than himself and friends can eat. 
The Jordan River is regarded by many 
as being by far the best trout stream in 
North America, A gentleman who has 
visited this locality for years in succes- 
sion, and who has fished in Maine, New 
York, the Rocky Mountains, and, in 
fact, almost every notable trout stream 
in the country, says the Jordan River, 
without exception, affords the finest trout 
fishing it has ever been his good fortune 
to experience. At the mouth of the 
Jordan there is a good house where the 
right kind of people will be cheerfully 
accommodated, for a proper considera- 
tion. Also, at J. B. Webster’s, five 
miles from the mouth of the Jordan, 
and half a mile back from the stream, 
good quarters may be secured. 
Sixteen miles north of Boyne Falls is 
the village of Petoskey, the northern 
terminus of the main line of the 
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